1937-04-28 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1937.

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Clipper Plane Arrival: By

K. Stuart Smith

11.30 a.m.-2.15 pm. –– European F

gramme.

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Recital By

Today's Wireless P

11.30 am.-A Relay from Kai Tak

Acrodrome.

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A Commentary on the Arrival of the China Clipper by K. Stuart Smith (late R.F.C.)

12.15 p.m. Grand Opera.

1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Pianoforte Recital by Wil-

helm Backhaus.

1.20 p.m.-Three Songs, by

Booth (Tenor).

Webster

1.30 p.m. Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast, Timè and Announcements.

PIZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

Tenor Solo

The Rose of Tralee (Glover);

Morton Downey.

Orchestral---

Irish Washerwoman (AIT.

Sowerby),

Turkey in the Straw (Guion),

New Light Symphony Orchestra. 'Tenor Solo

The Mountains of Mourne

(French)

Morton Downey. 7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report..

Mili- p.m.The B.B.C. Wireless tary Band.

1.40 p.m. The London Palladium. Or-7.35

chestra.

2.15 p.m.-Close down..

4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme.” 7-11.45 p.m.-European Programme. 7 p.m.-Irish Music.

Contralto Solo

The Fairy Tales of Ireland (Eric

Cote3)

Accordion Solo-

Essie Ackland.

Rakes of Clonmell-Jig, ⠀⠀

Tenor Solo

Frank Murphy.

Morton Downey,

When Irish Eyes are Smiling

(Ball)

Orchestral--

Irish Rhapsody (Herbert),

New Light Symphony Orchestra.

BRIDGE NOTES

...

Slavenic Rhapsody (Friedemann,

arr. Winterbottom). "Faust" Ballet Music (Gounod). "Woodland Pictures"

· Rural Suite (Fletcher). (a) Romance~~~~“An Old World

Garden". (b) Introduction and Dance

"In the Hayfields”.

(c) Humoreske

"The Bean Feast".

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Instrumental-

Souvenir de Sieile,

By ELY CULBERTSON

First Principles

"Beautifully played, partner!"made a game in spades, but correct- gushed North. He had been, secret-ly permitted his partner, who had ly quailing throughout the play, assumed captaincy by virtue of the to dictate the dimly aware that he had overbid a take-out double, couple of tricks, and now was at-destiny of this hand. tempting to cover up by the well West opened the queen of spades, known flattery process.

dummy covered with the king, and "Applesauce?" South growled. East won with the ace. At the sec- "Just because I had all the luck in fond trick East made the first of two He should have the world doesn't excuse that mis- glaring errors. erable bid of yours!”

seen the probability that South had South was being polite to one of started with a singleton spade and, spade up to his adversaries in attributing his therefore, to lead a success to “luck." Actually, the dummy's remaining 10-2, on the much-too-high contract had been theory that South would have to fulfilled only through the repeated ruff, was completely fallacious. errors of the East defender. Mean-Because South did not ruff. «He while, West was reflecting bitterly was delighted with the opportunity that it was hard to play against to concede the trick, discard sa three opponents!

North, dealer. North-South vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH

S-K 10 2 H-Q J10 6 D-A Q 5. ⠀ C-KQ 10

EAST

S-Q J 7 6.43 SA 95

H-K. 75. D-K J 10 9 C-AJ 9

H-None

D-6 4 2

C--8 5 3 2

SOUTH

HA 9 8 4 3 2 D8 7 3

C-7·6 4

The bidding:

North

East South West

1 no trump Double 2 hearts 2 spades

4 hearts Double Pass Pass. Pass

ZEK 640 k

Maria B. Seivittaro (Mandoline), Vocal

When my Dreamboat comes Home,

Turner Layton. Hawalian

Rock me in a cradle of Kalun,

Frank Ferera's. Hawaiian Trio. Vocal Sketch-

Knock knock who's there?

Vie Oliver with Sarah Churchill. Accordeon Solo-

Ma Petite Java,

Vocal-

Would you?

Take my heart

Organ Solo

Gigetto Castoncelli.

Eric Coates Medley,

Vocal--

ries

Chinese

“Give me a Ring

I only want one boy,

and

eatre Memo-

Margaret Bannerman (Soprano).

"Broadway Melody

Wedding of the Painted Doll,

Leslie James (Organ).

"Over the Garden Wall"

Wrap yourself in cotton wool----

Bobby Howes (Comedian).

"Monte Carlo Medley,

Baie da Costa (Piano) “Brewster's Millions".

Jack Buchanan and Geraldo and

His Orchestra.

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Greta Keller.10.15 p.m. London-Big Ben..

Sydney Gustard.

(a) Oh Susannah; (b) We'll rest

at the end of the Trail,

The Rocky Mountaineers.

Instrumental-

Three little words,

Len Fillis (Banjo).

Vocal

The wind and the rain,

Turner Layton. You and the night and the music,

Gracie Fields. The Hills Brothers.

:

--- "Dance Music. Fox-Trot

The Wanderers.

You do the darndest things, Kený Meeny Miney Mo

The Changing of The Guard. Harbour lights.

Rhythm saved the world

Sing, sing, sing.

Waltz You're my gift from Heaven.- Fox-Trotr

Here's love in your eyes.

You can't pull the wool over my

eyes..

You gotta know how to dance.

Let's call a heart a heart.

On a typical tropical night. Smoke Dreams."

There's that look in your eyes

again.

She shall have music.” Do the Runaround. Rumba-Spanish Jake.

Tiger Rag 8.45 p.m.-Concert Waltzes.

Tales from the Vienna Woods

(Strauss)....Marek Weber and

His Orchestra. Rosenkavalier Waltzes (R. Strauss)

Bruno Walter and the Berlin

Philharmonic Orchestra. 9p.m. From the Studjo.· A ́Recital of Part Songs and Folk Songs by the Hong Kong Chinese Choral So- ciety, conducted by Lindsay A. Laf- ford. Irene Lam at the Piano.

Part Song Rolling down to

Rio

German. Old Scottish Cradle Song O can

ye sew cushions?...arr. Gran-11.45 p.m.-Close down. ville Bantock,

1.

2.

3.

4.

105.

Part Song The Traction Engine

Harchant.

Welsh Folk Song All through the night. .arr. Chambers. English Folk Song Early one

morning

arry Dunhill. 6. Somerset Folk Song – 0, No

John!

.arr. Eric Thiman. 9.15 p.m.-Overture “Manfred”, Op. 115 (Schumann), played by Thé BB.C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult.

Waltz A gift from Heaven. 11.15 p.m.-London-The International Six Days' Motor-Cycling Trial. Be- hind the scenes in a Midland Mctor Cycle Factory. Peter Chamberlain of the A.C.U.) and. Graham Walker will describe the preparation of men and machines. (Electrical Recording).

4.30-5.45 p.m. (approx.), — Additional European programme from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles, and on Z.B.W on a frequency of 31.49 metres (9.52 m.c's).

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A Running Commentary by Frank V Read on the Open Singles Tennis Championship of the Colony Semi- Finals, between E.-G. -Fincher and S. A. Rumjahn, on the Stand Court of the Hong Kong Cricket Club. (By Courtesy of the Committee of the Hong Kong Cricket Club).

What's On At the Cinemas

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diamond and, at the same time, establish dummy's spade ten for the

AT THE QUEEN'S “The Beloved Everett Horton and Glenda Farrell- future discard of his other losing Vagabond" with Maurice Chevalier, musical spectacle combining romance, diamond. [East, with K J 10 of Betty Stockfield, Margaret Lockwood, comedy and drama, featured by sever-

Austin Trevor. diamonds over the ace queen, need-and

A continental al special dance numbers and lyrics.

famous ed little imagination to foresee that comedy drama based on the

novel by W. J. Locke in which Chevalier this might take place].

sings, a number of gay French tunes especially composed for the picture. AT THE

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Tell," with Conrad Veidt and Hans AT THE KING'S “Off To The Marr The Swiss legend of the pea- Races" with Slim Summerville, Jed sant who shot an apple off his son's Prouty, Spring Byington and Shirley head and liberated his country from Deane. A comedy of American family Austrian tyranny. The picture has as life, featuring the Jones family.

its background the snowy mountains of Switzerland.

West had to win with the spade jack. He shifted to a diamond, but dummy's ace was promptly played. and South's remaining diamond dis carded on the spade ten. The heart finesse now was accomplished, and East's hearts drawn. Declarer next led a club to dummy's queen, and at this point East made the second He won of his glaring “bulls.". with the ace!

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AT THE ORIENTAL “Down The Stretch", with Patricia Ellis, Mickey Rooney and Dennis Moore. A thrilling horse-racing film,

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ALHAMBRA=““William

AT THE STAR "Peg Of Old Drury,"

” with Dorothy Robinson, Anne Neagle and Cedric. Hardwicke. Fea-

A novice should have been able AT THE MAJESTIC→“In Caliente" turing the star of "Bitter Sweet" and to see that if he won this trick it—with Winifred Shaw, Dolores del Rio, "Nell Gwyn." One of the best British would be an extremely embarras Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo, Edward pictures yet produced.

sing matter to make a return lead. With only diamond and clubs ̈re- maining in the East hand the dia-

Since South's two heart bid was mond king would court a ruff and made directly over a take-out a club would go back into dummy's double, North should have recogniz- tenace. To avoid this, East had ed it was a warning, or weakness only to hold up the club ace and bid, and never should have jumped wait for a future round when its. to game. His ten honour cards acceptance would not be so embar probably were impressive to him rassing. Declarer then would have His best play but, considering the fact that they been "out of fuck.” included three ten spots and that would be to return to his hand by the honour trick count was only ruffing a low diamond and to lead three and one-half, his violent raise a second club toward dummy in the -was little short of horrible. West's hope of finding the jack in West's free bid of two spades was not to be hand. But this would not, work, criticized, despite his almost total and East would be able to cash two lack of honour count. His six card club tricks for the defeat of the well, holding in the highest ranking suit, contract. Declarer played and freak distribution warranted but the real credit for the fulfilled his action. He could, in fact, have contract should go to East!

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